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The Mining Gazette was founded in Ontonagon, Michigan in July 1858 by George Emerson. In 1860, the paper was purchased by James R. Devereau and moved to Houghton, where it was published weekly as The Portage Lake Mining Gazette. The paper began daily publication on 14 September 1899. [3]
The Daily Mining Gazette - Houghton; Michigan Tech Lode - Houghton Michigan Technological University; Houghton Lake Resorter - Houghton Lake; Roscommon County Herald-News - Houghton Lake; Livingston County Daily Press & Argus - Howell; The Livonia Observer, Livonia, Michigan, ceased printing in December 2022, but an online edition persists. [9]
The Mining Journal was the proprietor of Marquette's first television and radio stations. First known as WBEO, AM 1320 began broadcasting in 1931, later changing its call sign to WDMJ on November 15, 1939; [3] DMJ standing for Daily Mining Journal. The newspaper would later add an FM station in 1966, known as WDMJ-FM, and would later become ...
After leaving WLUC-TV, Bohnak started writing his "Karl's Korner" column for The Mining Journal, the local newspaper in Marquette, Michigan, and its regional siblings the Daily Press in Escanaba, The Daily Mining Gazette in Houghton, and The Daily News in Iron Mountain. [23] The weekly column ran from November 5, 2021, until December 22, 2023. [24]
Beginning in 1899, the Victoria Copper Mining Company started running the mine and Captain Hooper was hired to run the operation. One of the first problems Hooper encountered was a lack of fuel. Wood was hard to come by at that time and coal was expensive, so Hooper began to look into other energy sources. [ 1 ]
The company was founded by H.C. Ogden in 1890, and is currently run by the family of his grandson, G. Ogden Nutting. Current CEO Robert Nutting, son of G. Ogden Nutting, is the fourth generation of the Ogden-Nutting family to run the company, and is also principal owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Drawing of the Hoatson House from the Houghton Daily Mining Gazette, December 23, 1906. The Hoatson House is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure of Neoclassical design. The house is rectangular with a red sandstone foundation and clapboard exterior. [3]
MacNaughton was born in Bruce Mines, Canada West on March 4, 1864. His father brought his family to Calumet after he found employment with the Calumet & Hecla. In 1876 and aged 12, MacNaughton followed his father's footsteps by becoming Hecla's water boy in Hubbell, Michigan.